St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-28
9uarrymen at Hinsdale Get
on a Drunk and Strike
for Back Pay.
Thew Commit Numerous Out
RACES, and the Ringlead-
ers Are Arrested.
Manitoha's Premier Resigns,
and Mr.. Harrison FORMS
a New Cabinet.
A General Blizzard Over the
NorthWest--A Wisconsin
Riot--MinoP Notes.

Special TO the Globe.
DULUTH. Mimi. Dec. 27.-The follow
.ng dispatch, received by Acting Presl-
dent Beck. of the Duluth x Iron Range
railroad. at II this morning, set the city
n fever of excitement: The men
employed in the quarTies have struck
for back pay and have gained possession
Of the telegraph office. ! have now
revolver at each side of my head. They
nave demanded the money i'll the safe.
and are trying to open it,. Here the
dispatch suddenly ceased, and for two
hours no further particulars could be
had from that point. About noon a
telegram was received from Tower an
nouncing that more explicit news had
been received there, saying that the men
were infiamed with liquor and were de
molishing buildings, had robbed the
safe and committed other 0utrag2S. be-
sides
THREATENING The LIVES OF WOMEN.
and other inhabitants. Later a tele-
gram was received from the same
source stating that Deputy Sheriff Free
with posse Of twenty armed men had
started OH special train for HinSdale,
and asked Sheriff TruelsOn here to be
in readiness to proceed there with adj
diti0nal help if needed. \ number of
men were secured and held in readi-
ness, but no word vas received from the
scene of the disturbance. The amount
of pay due the men is small, and it is
believed the trouble is the outcome of
a Christmas drunk. The men employed
at the quarrics are principally Hungar-
ians and BOhemianS.
HINSDALE l. \ SMALL STATION
on the Duluth IL Iron Range road, with
a population of about 80, principally
single men. although number Of
women live there. There are no Ii
cenSed saloons. but two blind pigs are
said to exist. The principal industry of
the place is the granite quarrieS. and q
large number of carloads are shipped to
large cities. one Chicago firm has
contract for GOO carloads for new
opera house. Ilin7dale i in 81. Louis
county. seventeen miles east of Tower
and seventy seven miles northwest of
Duluth.
The official report of Deputy Sheriff
Al Free has just been received regard
ing the alleged riot at llnsdaie. lie
characterized the affair as
\ nRUNKEE ROW
of an aggravated character, in which
the operator was threatened with death
by the drunken mob, who had swarmed
into the depot 10 get warm. From other
sources it is CLEANED that Operator
Elliott was threatened. as previously
stated, and in attempting 10 send news
of the outbreak he was told Ia leave the
key OF the instrument alone He then
leaned back in the chair and placing
his foot on the key transmitted the mes
sage as we'll as possible with his boot
heel. He was not allowed To get ont of
the chair tlOm 9 Il. IN. until
! 30 when the sheriff posse and a spe-
cal train arIived. During the drunken
orgies the labOrerS succeeded i'll push
ing the stove over and setting fire to the
floor of the depot. Ii was put out by
the agent. who ordered the rOwdieS to
leave, but they responded by putting
him cut. He afterwards gained an en-
trance. and was forced to remain in the
chair as described. Deputy Sheriff Free
and posse arrested the ring-leaderS and
took them to Tower OH special train.
The affair was enlarged upon, but
would have been serious bat for the
timely arrival of the officers. Five men
were arrested.